Knockdown barrel or like container.



B. F. SINSHEIMER.

xmocxnoww BARREL on LIKE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, NH]- Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

BENJAMINF. SINSHEIMER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

KNOCKDOWN BARREL OR LIKE CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed November 23, 1917. Serial No. 203,643.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. SINS- HEIMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Knockdown Barrels or like Containers, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to barrels and other containers intended for shipping goods other than liquids. The object of my invention is to provide a barrel or case which, when put together, has great strength, and will stand rough usage in transportation, and which may be shipped empty in a knocked-down state, either fiat or rolled up. In this way there will be no waste of the material of which the containers are made, but the same containers can be used over and over again.

The manner in which I attain my object is best understood by having reference to the illustrations of my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows my container in its knocked-down state;

Fig. 2 is a top view of my container when put together as illustrated in Fig. 3, which shows a perspective view of my container with the head omitted;

Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the staves, and of the wire bands used for tying the same together and of other wire bands used for protecting the heads of the container against being crushed in; and

Fig. 5 is a detail showing. the interior faces of the staves provided with recesses for receiving the rims of the heads; further illustrating that said recesses of said rims are made with interlocking edges.

The staves, a, may be rectangular pieces of wood, as shown in Fig. 4. They are provided withtransverse perforations, as b, in which to insert wires 0, on which the staves are strung; the ends of these wire bands projecting so that they may be fastened together, as at d. The ends of the staves are further provided with perforations, as e, in

which to receive wires, f, crosswise between the sides of the barrel; these wires bemg located slightly inside the heads 9, as shown in Fig. 5, and reinforce said heads, protecting them against being crushed in. This is a feature particularly desirable in transporting crockery, for example, in which case it frequently happens that the heads of the barrel have been crushed in and a large percentage of the goods broken by reason of such accident. The heads 9 are inserted in recesses 72., and these recesses and the rims of the heads g may be made with interlocking portions or ledges, as shown at i in Fig. 5.

When the barrel is set up, the rim thereof may be reinforced by a wire j, secured in place by staples 70. In order to further strengthen the barrel, I prefer to encircle the exterior thereof with circumferential wire bands Z, which may be set in grooves m, so as to hold these bands in place, at the same time avoiding projections on the exterior of the barrel; and these bands are further preferably secured in place by means of staples 17,.

Where extra strength is desired, annular interior reinforcing wire bands, as 9, set in recesses p may be employed, these wire bands being also secured in place by staples like the wire bands Z, and being put in place before the container is set up.

The inner opposed faces of the staves may further be provided with recesses 0, in which to insert transverse partitions for the purpose of dividing the goods shipped therein, and incidentally providing additlonal supportlng means, preventing the crushing in of the container at the middle.

I claim:

1. A container, comprising a plurality of staves formed with alined openings and other openings at right angle to the alined openings and provided on the outer surfaces with notches, wires extending through the alined openings, the ends of said wires being extended and twisted to form a lock, wires extending around the container and fitted in the notches, and having their ends twisted to form a lock, staples for fastening the latter wires to the staves, transverse wires extending through the right angularly disposed openings and across the container, heads at opposite ends of the container, and means for interlocking the heads with the staves.

2. A container comprising a plurality of staves formed with alined openings and staples to hold the Wires in the notches, inner and outer notches, Wires extending other Wires extending around the container through the alined openings and having and fitted in the inner notches, staples for 10 their free ends twisted to form a lock, Wires holding the inner Wires to the staves, heads extending around the container and fitted at opposite ends of the container, and means in the outer notches, the free ends'of' the for interlocking' the he'adsto the staves.

latter Wires being twisted to form a lock, BENJAMIN F. SINSHEIMER.

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